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Thanks Mike, and all who have given me suggestions on how to resolve the problem. All are relevant, from knife setting to resin and as in my case the knife block being out of kilter. I also found that my machine, upon dismantling it has feed rollers that are taught, being driven, on one side of...

I'm assuming you're only feeding one length of timber in to the machine at a time? Yes I've done this myself thinking it would save time on those 2.5m lengths. It did the same for me. Once tried best forgotten.

Does it matter on 3 knife block :?: Sawn boards splinter both up and down. Long knots shove out both ways. When brought right down a near finished a board feathers up away from the surface and this gives a clue to which way the grain's running. I'd welcome your advice.

I agree Mark, it's the same with any cutting machine, when I'm impatient with my spindle it replies with the same poor finish! I've been using silica spray on the thicknesser bed, it wipes off at each pass so leaving it sticking at times especially when there's a lot of pitch in the timber. I...

Thanks for the advice, I've sent off for a jig made for a clone machine which should arrive tomorrow. It's funny though because I've had the knives out and back in before now for sharpening and not had this trouble in resetting them. What's also puzzling is that the ripples aren't continuous...

Ok. Just wann make 1 thing clear though, out of 3 knives that have a setting disparity of some 1/2 mm do you think that would cause the rippling?

OK thanks that's a lead. Any idea where I might get the setting tool? I've tried Fox but they reckon their knives seat at the bottom of the block without springs which is completely making me think that I've bought a machine that was made for another frikin planet!

Thanks Dave, thing is the knives are bedded on springs in the block then held tight with a bolted wedge. Difficult to hold them down evenly, though I'm using a straight edge against the top bed which doesn't work exactly as I'm out by about 1/2 a mm of the 3 blades. Do you reckon that a 1/2mm...

My timbers are rippling! I have a Fox thicknesser planer. This problem may be inherent in all machines of this calibre and something I'm overlooking but I've been in touch with the importers workshop at length and they're now as baffled as I am. The initial problem was (I thought) a pulley...